With Climate Change at the forefront of all perceived threats faced by mankind today, which is even at par with the evil consequences a nuclear war would presumably entail, triggering alarming and inescapable environmental degradation coupled with pollution of all sorts, it’s really an age of  concern with constant hunts for newer neutralising strategies. Deliberations can be seen all around, right at UN level to various lower ones cutting across continents, countries and so on. While most of the scenario is discouraging, it will be interesting enough to take notice that a new avenue has also opened for those who are fast emerging as ‘field warriors’ whose primary responsibilities would be to aid the fight-back efforts in a required professional manner. Green Skill Development Programme (GSDP) which has just commenced at the capital and aims at building an army of young men and women is one such avenue. Importance of this programme and the trained personnel it would churn thereby stems out from the fact that all kinds of threats to the ecosystems of environment will aggravate in coming days, from which it can be logically concluded that these people are going to be quite sought after. Thankfully, it’s a rare case when an adversity has thrown open windows of hope for many who are struggling in the unemployment-ridden society of today.

The programme is the brainchild of Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change which is also its chief patron and was launched in June 2017 with the primary objective of building a steady workforce to supplement the process of saving the country’s environment. These green skilled workers will be adequately equipped with technical knowledge and commitment to sustainable development and help in attaining the larger aims of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), National Biodiversity Targets (NBTs) as well as Waste Management Rules 2016. Measuring by the terms of employment generation capacity, its scope is huge given the geographical vastness of the country and its escalating environmental depreciation. Fighting the overall aspect of pollution which is seeing addition of newer manifestations is gradually proving to be a lost battle and it’s a reality that the available mechanisms, particularly in terms of manpower, both qualitatively and quantitatively, are not adequate for ensuring a level playing face-off with the unfolding exigencies. In that sense, GSDP was the need of times and if properly steered forward, it would serve the dual purpose of saving the legacies of nature and creating employment opportunities.

In Arunachal, it should be pressed ahead and not just be capital-centric. Motto should be in making it far-reaching and bring in its ambit a good portion of the state’s enthusiasts.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
Email: kenterjoyaz@easternsentinel.in / editoreasternsentinel@gmail.com
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